April 26
Sheryl Stahl: Jewish Genealogical Resources at the Hebrew Union College Library
Sheryl Stahl: Jewish Genealogical Resources at the Hebrew Union College Library
March 22
Hal Bookbinder: Why Our Ancestors Left the Pale of Settlement
Jews had lived in Western Russia (the Pale) for centuries. At the turn of the last century, two million left. This talk discusses how the Pale came to be, life in it and why the mass migration occurred. It breaks its 120-year history into periods of creation, confinement, repression, enlightenment, pogroms and chaos. There is more to the story than the horrific violence at the turn of the 20th century.
Hal Bookbinder: Why Our Ancestors Left the Pale of Settlement
Jews had lived in Western Russia (the Pale) for centuries. At the turn of the last century, two million left. This talk discusses how the Pale came to be, life in it and why the mass migration occurred. It breaks its 120-year history into periods of creation, confinement, repression, enlightenment, pogroms and chaos. There is more to the story than the horrific violence at the turn of the 20th century.